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Health officials announce first Mobile County COVID-19 death

Posted by Dale Liesch | Mar 27, 2020 | Latest, News | 0 |

A 66-year-old man is Mobile County’s first COVID-19 death, health officials announced in a statement Friday morning.

The Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) is reporting the death of a patient who previously tested positive for COVID-19.

“We are very sad this virus has taken the life of a member of our community,” said Dr. Bernard
H. Eichold II, Health Officer for Mobile County. “Everyone should take this very seriously and
keep persons infected in their thoughts and prayers.”

The individual had recently traveled out of state and had a history of underlying medical conditions. He presented to the hospital with known COVID-19 symptoms and
was hospitalized.

Most patients with COVID-19 infection have mild respiratory illness along with fever, cough and
shortness of breath. Some have more severe symptoms that require hospitalization. Health officials urge anyone experiencing symptoms to first notify their healthcare provider so that proper precautions can be taken.

MCHD and the Alabama Department of Public Health encourages the general public to follow the orders of the State Health Officer including limiting gatherings of 25 or more persons and
maintaining social distancing of 6 feet or more among other recommendations.

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About The Author

Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch has been a reporter at Lagniappe since February 2014. He covers all aspects of the city of Mobile, including the mayor, City Council, the Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners, GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and others. He studied journalism at The University of Alabama and graduated in 2007. He came to Lagniappe, after several years in the newspaper industry. He achieved the position of news editor at The Alexander City Outlook before moving to Virginia and then subsequently moving back a few years later. He has a number of Alabama and Virginia Press association awards to his name. He grew up in the wilderness of Baldwin County, among several different varieties of animals including: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, a horse and an angry goat. He now lives in the Oakleigh neighborhood of Mobile with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Joan. The family currently has no goats, angry or otherwise, but is ruled by the whims of two very energetic dogs.

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